465th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari A bit of a step down, isn’t it? After the complex and intricate Dwarf Fortress, building a mine and getting a city going, we now go slightly simpler… we’re delivering papers. Paperboy is an older game that just seems […]
Posts Tagged ‘1984’
439th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Activision Publisher: Activision Time to be a hero… Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation time! It’s an old time platform game, predating the Super Mario Bros. mark, where (according to its lore) you descend into mine shafts using your helicopter to rescue those trapped […]
#70 Elite
Posted: 12th June 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, acornsoft, david braben, ian bell, shoot 'em up, Strategy, Various
432nd played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: David Braben and Ian Bell Publisher: Acornsoft This isn’t actually the first time Elite has popped up for us to play on the blog – we tried to do so before, but got stuck and felt we needed a manual. […]
396th played so farGenre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Time for a bit of catch up! In 1984, after gaining fame in his maze, Pac Man breaks out into his own platformer. Normally these genre shifts tend to be, at the best, dicey, but its presence on this list […]
#84 Bounty Bob Strikes Back
Posted: 29th June 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, big five software, platform, Various
344th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Big Five Software Publisher: Big Five Software First, a quick admission: we found out, after we started this game, that it’s a sequel to another game on the list, Miner 2049er. Both games are fairly old platformers – one that looks fairly […]
265th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Some games are games where I really have no proper justification why we played them. They’re on the list, they’re a genre we need, but they’re not a big name and we’re hard-pressed to see why it’s so special. […]
#72 Deus Ex Machina
Posted: 3rd June 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, action, automata uk, zx spectrum
244th played so far Genre: Action Platform: ZX Spectrum Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Automata UK Publisher: Automata UK Sometimes, finding the more obscure games on our list have surprises of their own. This game had one.ย In what must be one of the first examples of voice acting in video games, Deus Ex Machina […]
#66 Bank Panic
Posted: 23rd August 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1984, arcade, sanritsu, sega, shoot 'em up
173rd played so far Genre: Shoot ’em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Sanritsu Publisher: Sega This morning Jeroen accidentally (through a slip of the tongue) coined a term: short ’em up. I thought he was being clever since there are many shoot ’em ups left for us to do on this list […]
#77 Knight Lore
Posted: 29th December 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, action, Ultimate Play the Game, Various
111th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Various Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Ultimate Play the Game Publisher: Ultimate Play the Game And so we dive once again into the sea of old games, this time pulling out Knight Lore, one of the hallmark games by Ultimate Play the Game, the predecessor of Rare games, […]
#78 Demolition Derby
Posted: 5th September 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1984, arcade, bally midway, driving
82nd game played so far Genre: Driving Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Bally Midway Publisher: Bally Midway Time for something simpler. Racing, hitting cars, and being the last man standing. Demolition Derby came out years ago, and its goal was simple, based on the actual events seen in America and outside it. This […]